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A. S. HALLIDIE.

TRAVELING BAG.

Patented Apr.Z4,1883.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW S. HALLIDIE, OE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

TRAVELING-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,240, dated April24, 1883. Application filed January 2, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW S. HALLIDIE, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented an Improved Traveling-Bag;and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention relates to an improvement in bags, such as are employed bytravelers for conveying articles of clothing, and often of value. I

lt consists of a bag or receptacle formed in the usual or any convenientshape, and having the ordinary exterior covering material, inside ofwhich is a lining of flexible wire-netting to prevent the material beingcut through and the contents of the bag stolen.

Referring to the accompanying drawing for a more complete explanation ofmy invention, the figure is aview of a bag with one side of the exteriorcovering partly broken away to show the protecting-lining. M i

A is a travelingdoag of any desired shape, and having the exteriormaterial made of carpeting, enameled cloth, leather, or other substance.t

These bags are sometimes made flexible, so as to fold or roll up intosmall dimensions when not in use; but they are expansible to receive aconsiderable quantity of clothing, &c.

In order to render such bags safe, so that they may be used to transportarticles of value, I employ a lining, B, of the same shape as theexterior bag, and made of a flexible wire-netting, which, while itprevents the bag being cutopen and the contents abstracted, will allowit to be folded or expanded nearly as freely as when made of the usualmaterial, and within this may be the ordinary cloth lining, by which itis concealed from view or touch.

It will be manifest that my safety-lining can be applied to trunks orother receptacles with equal facility and similar results.

By providing this bag with a stout frame and a good look it will beperfectly burglarproof, and may be used to transport money or articlesof value.

Having thus described my invention, what I a ble wire-netting, B,substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.

ANDREW S. HALLIDIE.

Witnesses:

S. H. N OURSE, G. W. EMERSON.

